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summary: "Mithril Medicine founder Cody Tranbarger revealed he operated the anonymous biotech account 'Professor Oak' for six years as Anthropic disclosed it acquired his single-person company in July for an undisclosed price. Tranbarger joined Anthropic to continue Mithril's programs for LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy and alpha-dystroglycanopathy, and to start new drug programs using a 'Pipeline in a Person' model with Claude."
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# Mithril Founder Cody Tranbarger Reveals 'Professor Oak' Identity After July Anthropic Sale

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**Published:** 2026-10-29T00:23:07.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** anthropic, llm

## Summary

Mithril Medicine founder Cody Tranbarger revealed he operated the anonymous biotech account 'Professor Oak' for six years as Anthropic disclosed it acquired his single\-person company in July for an undisclosed price\. Tranbarger joined Anthropic to continue Mithril's programs for LAMA2\-related congenital muscular dystrophy and alpha\-dystroglycanopathy, and to start new drug programs using a 'Pipeline in a Person' model with Claude\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/mithril-founder-cody-tranbarger-reveals-professor-oak-identity-after-jul-8bc87873>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Prof_Oak_/status/2115185849424048564>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/nc_frey/status/2115187081219846566>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2115202368518451262>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2115202373299880052>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2115189981119688724>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/pitdesi/status/2115201563023348085>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/cz_binance/status/2115229579434746138>)